Nepali Robot: Reached in IIT Ground

Robotics club is participating in IIT Techfest on this week from 26 to 28 January. According to Robotics Club, IOE, Lalitpur, Nepali team had already reached Bombay to take part in the International Robot Competition, a major event of the Techfest.

Nepal had already won 500 US dollor Cash Prize in last Techfest, January 2004. The team of Robotics Club took part in the India’s biggest International Robotics Competition in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. In that contest, Nepal (The rope climbing robot) was third among the 23 teams from different countries.Let's hope for better this year too.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay presents the tenth edition of the largest student organized science and technology fest across Asia, Techfest 2007.

The competitions at Techfest continue to inspire young and brilliant minds to think outside the box and strive hard to achieve glory. Every year a new set of problem statements spanning all the disciplines of engineering are presented to the participants. Techfest 2007 consists of three international competitions viz. Micromouse, S.N.A.P. and Full Throttle: Afterburn. These competitions have collective prize money of USD 2500. Teams from Sri Lanka and Nepal have already confirmed their participation. Apart from these competitions there are over 25 other competitions to choose from with the total prize money running in excess of a whooping 7 lacs.

With an expected footfall of about 30,000 students Techfest this year promises to be bigger and better than ever. Come and visit Techfest 2007 at IIT Powaii from 26th-28th January to get the real feel of the fest. After all we believe that ‘Technology is for All’.